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Papua-class
Unit Type Mass Production Supply Space Transport Ship
Appearances
Anime	MSG
Manga	Thunderbolt
OVA	Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War
Game	Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space
Profile
Developed into	Pazock-class
Ships of the Line	Papua, Dried Fish
First Seen	October, 0069 U.C. (Flight I, 0074) (Flight II)
Manufacturer	Principality of Zeon
Operator	Principality of Zeon Living Dead Division
Known Captains	Gadem
General Characteristics
Overall Height	115.00 meters377.297 ft 4,527.559 in
Overall Length	300 meters
Overall Width	145.60 meters14,560 cm 477.69 ft 5,732.283 in
Standard Weight	19000 metric tons
Movement
Propulsion	Thermonuclear Rockets: 2 x
Armaments several AA-AMS guns
Mobile Weapons MS-05B Zaku I MS-06F Zaku II

The Papua-class was a supply ship class used by the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War. It first appeared in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.

Technology and Combat Characteristics

The Papua-class line of vessels were designed by the Principality of Zeon to serve as support vessels. The Zeon usually used these ships to move supplies and weapons to and from the front lines. These ships also carried many of the Zeon Zaku units; however, these ships were not utilized as mobile suit carriers because the Zeon navy was designed around MS combat. A single Papua class ship can supply two Musai-class cruisers. The class performed exceptionally well, but was eventually phased out in favor of the Pazock class.

History

During the first Zeon descent operation of the One Year War the Papua class was the primary class of vessel used as carriers for the drop troops. A line of Musais comprised a front and engaged the Earth Federation fleet while an immense force of Papuas launched waves of Heavy Lift Vehicles carrying Zeon mobile suits that comprised the primary drop forces. These HLVs were joined by Komusai shuttles launched from the available Musai craft.

These ships were designed to operate independently to resupply Zeon's space navy, and are frequently seen throughout the One Year War.

Gallery

Papua exterior schematic.

Papua class in MS IGLOO.

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References

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External Links

• Papua-class on MAHQ